1 i MA,L TR,BUNE' Medferd, Or.
BOY AND HIS ROBOTS Harry Heskell, can say "yes" or "no," raises his arms,
13, of Los Angeles, is shown with his seven has a heartbeat and moveable parts manip-
robots that he built out of cans, string, ulated by a wired control panel. He says
wires and scraps over the past four years, his next creation will walk.
His latest robot, six foot, ten inch Gismo, (UPI Telephoto)
Back Stairs: Mineral Water for ike
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI Whit Housa Reporter
Santiago, Chile - !UPD - Back
stairs at the White House:
"When President Eisenhower
parades through the streets of
a teeming South American
capital, a small bottle of
mineral water from the Uni
ted States rides irt the front
seat of his car in case the
Chief Executive gets thirsty
along the way.
When the United States
Navy plane was involved last
week in the tragic air crash
over Rio de Janeiro, Mrs.
Eisenhower heard the news
on a radio broadcast in Wash
ington. Telephoned Embassy
She knew the President
would be flying the same day
between Rio de Janeiro and
Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Within a minute or two af
ter she heard the report, the
First Lady was on the tele
phone to the American Em
bassy in Rio, wanting to know
if the Chief Executive was in
any way involved.
She was grateful that her
husband was safe, but sad
dened by the deaths of the
Navy musicians who had play
ed for many of her parties at
the White House.
Lovely Apartment s
When the presidential party
spent the night in the new
capital of Brazil, the bustling
raw city of Brasilia, press
secretary Jim Hagerty was
quartered in a new apartment
building, some units of which
still were under construction.
Jim had a lovely apartment
with a living room, kitchen
and two twin bedrooms. He
found only one drawback,
there were no sheets for his
beds. He said nothing about
it to his hosts.
At the Plaza Hotel in
Buenos Aires, a whopping,
fine steak cost less than one
dry martini.
The Brazilians who have an
automobile industry of their
own and of which they are
very proud, were highly cur
ious about the fact that the
White House flew an assort
ment of presidential automo
biles to Brazil for his use in
Rio and Sao Paulo.
One Brazilian official got
over his point quite politely
when he asked a member of
the White House entourage,
"tell me something, when
Khrushchev visited the United
States, did he bring any Rus
sian automobiles with him?"
Security Real Reason
The real reason the White
House flew such cars as the
President's famous "bubble
top" limousine to S o u th
America was security. These
cars are built to stand attack
Congress May Curb
Snake Dams Until
Fish Problem Solved
A. Roct. Smith
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
Correspondent
Washington - (Special) -Congress
has begun to move
in the direction of placing re-
' strictions o n
high dam con
struction i n
the turbulent
middle Snake
river area un
til biologists
have figured
out how to
save the fish.
The Senate
Commerce
committee has approved one
bill to protect the Salmon
river from any possible power
facilities that would disrupt
the rich fisheries of that area.
It is getting set to act on a
more far-reaching and more
controversial proposal for
banning any more dams on the
middle Snake river for the
next few years.
The first measure would
ban Nez Perce dam from, be
ing built on the Snake just be
low the mouth of the Salmon
river. It would also block any
efforts to build Lower Can
yon project on the lower Sal
mon river. But construction
of neither is in prospect soon,
whether this bill passes or not.
Hearings Scheduled
The second measure, in the
form of a resolution, would
call on the federal power com
mission not to issue any li
cense for projects between
river mile 180 and 245 on
the middle Snake, which cuts
directly against the proposal
of Pacific Northwest Power
Co. for building high Moun
tain Sheep dam on the Snake
just above the mouth of the
Salmon and just below the
confluence of the Imnaha
river.
The power company is sche
duled to start hearings March
21 at the FPC on its applica
tion for Mountain Sheep. The
public power forces have in
dicated they will enter the
case against the utilities.
Consequently, the utilities
hPn lobbying against
the moratorium bill, whose
nnnSOrs are the Democratic
senators from Oregon, Wash
ington, Montana and Idaho.
. Originally, the moratorium
proviso was for five years, but
this has been modified to make
it not more than about two
years. As it now stands, the
resolution would call on the
FPC to defer any dams in the
middle Snake "so Congress
may have the opportunity of
considering the report of the
chief of Engineers reviewing
the existing projects for the
Columbia river basin, particu
larly with respect to recom
mendations for a dam and
reservoir project on the Snake
river, until either:
A-the Senate or House has
considered and disapproved
legislation authorizing such
recommended project (name
ly, high Mountain Sheep
dam); or
B until adjournment of the
second session of the 87th
Congress, whichever is the
earlier."
In Hands of Governors
The end of the 87th Con
gress will be sometime in
1962. The report of the chief
of Engineers, the latest re
view of the 308 report, is now
in the hands of the Northwest
governors and heads of fed
eral agencies for their . com
ment. . Whether this resolution will
clear both houses is uncertain,
and whether it would deter
the FPC is also in doubt - un
less its sponsors converted it
into the type of measure the
President must sign, giving it
the greater effect of law. The
odds would probably be
against President Eisenhower,
at this late stage in his ten
ure, signing a measure the
private utilities opposed and
the public power forces fav
ored. The conservation groups
are supporting the Salmon
river sanctuary bill sponsored
by Sens. Richard L. Neuber
ger (D-Ore.) and Frank
Church (D-Ida.) so its chances
are rated higher than the
other proposal.
Any delay in the utilities'
Mountain Sheep case will
throw - the decision over be
yond the election, whose out
come may decide this power
issue.
much more than the conven
tional automobile.
The cars also are much
larger than most vehicles
available in South America
for parades and thus are more
comfortable for Eisenhower,
the host president and the
necessary interpreter all to
gether in the back seat.
Seldom has Eisenhower
taken such punishment from
the weather as he did in Rio
de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and
Buenos Aires. In the two
Brazilian cities, the trouble
was rain and in the Argentine
capital it was just the oppo
site, a blazing hot sun that
turned the President's face
and largely bald head a shiny
brick red.
No Nasty Remarks
The followers of former
Argentine dictator, Juan
Peron, promised publicly be
fore Eisenhower arrived in
Buenos Aires that while they
would demonstrate in the
streets as vociferously as pos
sible, they would not shout
anything nasty about the visit
ing president.
Brazilian motorcycle police
carry small machine guns.
People cheering the Presi
dent in the streets of Buenos
Aires placed the accent on the
second syllable of his name
when they shouted at him
during a big parade.
Their pronounciation came
out Ei-ZEN-hower.
New Safety Code
On Worker Buses
Now in Effect
Salem -flJPD- Key require
ments of a safety code which
is effective in Oregon today
include several new' regula
tions for buses and trucks
used - to haul people to and
from work.
The new code states that
buses used to carry workers
cannot be loaded in excess of
actual seating capacity and no
boxes, planks or seats other
than spring-loaded jump seats
can be placed in aisles.
Must Have Rails
Also, all flat bed vehicles
carrying workers must be
equipped with side and end
rails except that four adults
can ride without the rails if
hand grips are provided.
The code is expected to
have its biggest effect on ve
hicles which haul agricultural
workers.
Only Licensed Drivers
Other requirements are that
only a licensed "competent"
person at least 18 years old
can drive these vehicles, that
first aid and fire extinguishers
must be carried and that in
bad weather a top and facili
ties for closing sides and ends
of trucks must be provided.
The code allows the use of
school buses to carry workers
but the words "school bus,"
the stop signal arm and red
flashing lights must be con
cealed or made inoperative.
Violation of the code will be a
misdemeanor.
Cub Scouts
PILLS BACKFIRE
London -flJPD- Mrs. Davina
Burton-Shaw, 26, said she
took 20 family planning asso
ciation birth control pills each
month for five months; then
was "a bit taken aback when
the doctor told me he thought
I would be having twins."
REDUCE SITTING FEES
Nottingham, England -(UPD-Students
at Nottingham uni
versity today were reported
reducing baby-sitting fees in
proportion to- the amount of
time they have left for study
after caring for the baby.
Cub Scout Pack 4
Cub Scout Pack 4, Oak
Grove and West Side schools,
will hold its annual Blue and
Gold dinner at the Oak Grove
gymnasium at 6:30 p.m. to
day. There will be a Bobcat cer
emony, Webelos graduation,
presentation of awards, songs,
awarding of a door prize and
other features.
Each den has planned its
own menu and the group will
eat in dens.. Each family is
asked to bring its own table
service and milk. The pack
will furnish coffee.
PERISH THE THOUGHT
Albany, N. Y. (UPD New
York State Senate Minority
Leader Joseph Zaretski, dis
cussing a plan for a "radioac
tive fallout proof" emergency
state capitol, told Republican
senators Monday night he
would give up verbally blast
ing them because:
"After all, we Democrats
may have to live with you
Republicans for two or three
weeks to avoid fallout."
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-flJPD-The
Fort Lauderdale Daily
News said Saturday it learn
ed from "informed sources"
that Julian A. Frank may
have been a murder victim in
the Jan. 6 crash of a Nation
al airliner that took 34 lives
at Bolivia, N.C.
Tokyo-(UPD - Japan's . Crown
Prince Akihito and Crown
Princess Michiko, parents this
week of a son, most likely
will visit the United States in
September according to gov
ernment sources.
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
Look at What You
Can Do With the Filefish
"The skin you love to
touch" could never have be
longed to the filefish, for this
character has the roughest ex
terior of them all. He's so
rough that he and his ancest
ors have been furnishing
abrasive material for primi
tive workmen since men be
gan making tools and imple
ments with their hands.
The filefish frequents bays
and river mouths; they browse
on the animal and vegetable
growth on pilings, cutting the
food off with their sharp
teeth. They have a body
shaped like nothing else in
the sea. Some are sway-backed,
like a broken down mule.
The fish is flat from side to
side, and very thin when
viewed from the front. When
he comes directly toward you,
or straight away, he doesn't
look like he was there at all.
Most of the time, when he is
feeding, he stands in the water
with his head pointing down.
Sandpaper
After you catch one, skin
the body. Then treat the skin
with a couple of coats of oil
to keep it soft and pliable.
You have "sandpaper." From
the skin you can cut squares,
circles or patches, and from
these shapes yeu can make
the dumbest things. A strip
of skin attached to a painted
bit of thin wood becomes an
ideal gift for Aunt Kate; she
can hang it by the stove for a
"match-striker." It'll last for
years. A small hunk, glued
to a narrow, polished stick on
which should be carved or
painted a twining vine or a
long-tailed dragon, makes an
exotic "back-scratcher."
Kettle Cleaner
For an unusual gift for a
friend, make a kettle-cleaner;
this for the party "who has
everything." Be sure to en
close directions so the receiver
won't wet the silly thing, for
this might cause the skin to
regain some of its original
"smelly'' characteristics.
Strips of the skin glued to
narrow cardboard strips will
be unusual finger-nail boards.
Your friends may be amazed
at such unusual gifts.
The cave-man's wife used
these same things 50,000 years
ago. Your friends may enjoy
using the same things primi
tive man used when the hu
man race was struggling up
ward. The "trigger" on the
top of the filefish's body can
become an interesting present
for Aunt Martha; it was prob
ably about the first sewing
needle the cave - woman ever
had. The thing is gracefully
curved and highly polished.
These "needles" are "duck
soup" for the handyman to
make; all he needs are the
"triggers," a red-hot needle
to make the hole in the bone,
and a little imagination.
So, if you are serious hob-
Tight Dress, Allergy
To Guns Cost Man $130
Belvidere, N.J. - "It was
that tight - fitting red dress
and the revolver . . ."
Anthony Criscione. 58-
year-old barber, was describ-'
mg to police how a buxom
woman ambled into his shop,
pulled a revolver from her
purse and demanded all his
money.
"I was dazzled by that dress
and what was in it, I guess,"
said Criscione, "and since
I'm allergic to revolvers, any
how, I just turned , over my
wallet to her. She helped her
self to $130."
ADENAUER TO BE GUEST
Palm Desert, Calif. - (UPD -The
El Dorado Country Club
said it has received
word West German Chancel
lor Konrad Adenauer and his
family would be guests March
19-20 at a private home at the
club. Adenauer was to speak
March 18 at UCLA and visit
San Francisco following his
stopover here.
SUFFERS FAINTING SPELL
Miami Beach, Fla. - (UPD -Sen.
Thomas J. Dodd (D
Conn.) was admitted to a hos
pital Sunday after he had a
"fainting spell." Doctors said
Dodd, here to attend a Demo
cratic fund-raising dinner, ap
peared to be suffering from
fatigue.
byistmr an avid do-it-yourself
fan, you can go all out and
give your friends something
really "out-of-this world." It
can be something they have
never seen, or maybe never
heard about - a gift from the
rough skin of a fish, just like
Mrs. Caveman used.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate. 1960)
NOISE STOPPERS
Science comes to the rescue, of
a noise weary public
A "SILENT" PIANO has been developed
in a Chicago laboratory, twe plaver aaay
raise or lower the sound op this electronic
Piano over a wide volume ran6e anp may
even use earphones so nosocy else can
hear his playing.
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